Motor car construction



July 12, 1932. BRUSH ET-AL 7 1,867,207-

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July 12, 1932.

A. P. BRUSH ET AL MOTOR CAR CONSTRUCTION 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 28, 1928 IN VEN TORS 4/4050 F? 321056 (I/l/l/am 19, 371/60 mi dew,

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Patented July 12, 1932 nears ALAIISON r. BRUSH AND WILLIAM A. 'iaiwsri, oi? Dime-1w, mitten-lent Moron CAR cons'rn-uorion Application filed m as, 1928. Serial No. 295,955.

This invention relates generally to hood constructions for motor vehicles, and consists of certain novel features of construction, com bin'ations and arrangements of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Usually the hood of a motor Vehicle extends between the cowl at the forward end of the vehicle body and the radiator shell or casing at the forward end of the motor or engine,

thereby inclosing the motor therebetween.

lVith such constructions the radiator is framed in a shell that is separate from the hood and that extends around the radiator proper and inwardly in front of the radiator proper for a limited distance so as to expose to view only the front surface of the radiator through which the cooling air passes; .With such assemblies it is customary to have the hood match the radiator shell or casing, however, in practice it has been fou'ndthat this matching requires considerable skill, time; labor and money for both manufacturing and assembling the respective parts. li Ioreover the assembling operations of the partsare improperly done, then such parts do not fit toether properly and are unsightly.

' To obviate all of the objectionable features just referred to incident to the matching "of the separate radiator and hood, we have pro vided an assembly in which the hood is utilized as a radiator casing, and the ordinary radiator shell is eliminated. In the present instance the hood extends over and in advance of the radiator and is provided upon the front face of the radiator with inturned portions Fig; 5 is a trontelevation similar to bnt showing a slightly-modified construcion. Fig. 16 is a fragmentary vertical ctii'onall View through thenconstruction shown in Fig. 7 afraginehtary top titans-ti in another modified construction. r Fig. 8 is magical fagineiitarysetitnai View through the con-streamed sets. in g-1'. 1. i j.

I Fig, as t em 'elevatioil. ofthe sataniction shown in Fig. 7 and Fig.8,

Referring now to the drawings-e1 and 2 respectively are the longitudinal siderails or a motor vehicle chassis; 3 is radiator on the chassisat the trofltehd of said rails','4 is a "cowl atthe forwa'rd eii'd-ofa vehiclebody carriedby the'cha'ssis; and 51s a motor hoofd extending fromthe cowl 4: over and in dvance of the radiator 3.. Asshown the radi ator -has suitable upper and .lowe e and 7 respectiv ly and the e ectilig tubes 8,1outis entire y. devoid of he Ha shell creasing. With this c'onstructio the hood ,5 serve as a easie for the top ncients er this radiator a afldisjproviaea at as far;- ward: end wtih inturnd epen, rat portions 5 ,5 and 5 that exten j front fac of and-constit te a ham the radiator 3. i

In Figure'sfl we senses the hood'fi is eaders farmed of ran longitudinally hinged sec tions9 1Q, '11" and 12 respectively, with the fpipi tth se wn 'e t 1,3 ei i e top sections 9 andlfl above and in a vertical planewith the longitudinal median line of the chassis; and with the top and side sec tion hinge connections 14 and 15 respectively at oppos te s des of'the radiator. in Figures 1 e04 inclusive theupper hinge connection 13 terminates shorter the forward ends of transversely extending communicating slots .6 a l7li r i g anelong t d openingi hat QBiY S h upstan n fil e neck: Qtth rad ato .As th .q n nas enjds ransversely of the hood and is elongated in form,

either section 9 or 10 may be raised without interfering with the filler neck 18. Preferably the neck 18 has an elongated enlargement l9 that normally closes the elongated opening formed by the slots 16 and 17 so that a neat appearance is provided when the I hinge sections 9 and 10 are in closed positions.

In Figures 5 and 6' the filler neck 20 projects forwardly from the upper header 6 of the radiator 3. Thus the upper hinge connection 13 extends substantially; the full length of the hood and an opening for the reception of the radiator filler neck has been dispensed with entirely. I r

In Figures 7 to 9 inclusive the hood is made of five sections longitudinally hinged .together; With this construction the upper section 30 is at the center and is stationary.

Preferably,'it is secured at its rear end to the cowl 4 and is provided adjacent its forward endwith an opening'31' for receiving the upstanding filler neck 32 ofthe radiator. The outer top sections 33 and 34: respectively. are hingedly connected to the center section and the side sections-35"and 36 are hingedly connected tothe outer top sections 33 and 341';

I Preferably all the side hinge connectionsilerr a pearanceofarad atorof a motor vehicle, uslng lustrated in'Figures 1 ,to 9 inclusive are inset, i. e., the hinges have their axes upon the inner sides of the sections and open outwardly,'for instance'as illustrated'in Fig. 4, so that the side sections of the hood may be readily folded when" opened without interference of the radiator framing formed by inturned portions of the hood and will-.provide a neat outward appearance when closed. V In each instance as illustrated in Figures 1 V I to 9inclusive the depth time hood 5 is less 1 framing 40 is carried by the radiator 3;

however it may be secured to the chassis, In each instance the framing comprises, the marginal return bent portions of a separate sheet metal plate;

' Certain motor vehicles, using air c ooled motors, do not have a radiatorjat' the front end of the hood but instead have afdevice which forms a closure for the front end ,of the: hood and that usually simulates the apwater cooled motor, therefore, when applying this invention to the motor vehicles with air cooled motors, the closure for the front of the 6 hood would areas; place of and e framed in a manner similar to the ordinary radiator shown and described herein.

Thus from the foregoing description it will be apparentthat an extremely neat appearance can be secured without involving accuracy in radiator contour and that due to the elimination of the radiator shell,'a substantial saving 'in-the cost of manufacturing such parts has been effected.

' While it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent, we desire to have it understood that we do not limit myself to What is herein shown and described, and that such changes may be resorted to when desiredas fall within the scope of what is claimed- WVhat we claim as ourinvention: i

1. In a motor vehicle, a part simulating a radiator, and an engine hood having top and slde sections extending over and n advance of said part, the joints between said top and side sections extending longitudinally of the hood and 'disposedat opposite sides of said part, said joints including hinges extending inwardly from said top andside sections, and

flanges projecting laterally inwardly from the forward ends-of said topand side sections, and overlying and'constituting a framing for the front face of said part, the axes of said hinges beingwithinthe hood approximately I in vertical alignment with the inner edges of the sidesection inturne'dflang'es aforesaid."

' 2. A motor vehicle engine hood structure including two side panels and two top panels, hinges connecting said side panels to said top panels, said side and .top panels being in- .turned at their respective front ends to form a framing for the frontal opening of said hood, and the hinges between said side and top panels having axes lying-adjacent the inner edges of the framing aforesaid. V

In testimony whereof we afiix our signa tures.- I

ALANSON P. BRUSH.

WILLIAM A; BRUSH. 

